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Originally Posted by pacman_789
I wonder if you also have OCD in conjunction with bipolar? That's actually how I found out I had OCD because I started getting intrusive thoughts. Went through therapy, which helped a lot, but ended up having to start an anti-depressant to help manage the OCD, which manifested itself in other ways beside the intrusive thoughts. I read somewhere that it is pretty common to have these two illnesses together. For me, my OCD symptoms flare up when I'm in a depressive state and get better when I'm in a manic state.
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I was wondering this, too. I have never really had them bad enough before this year to meet that diagnosis I don't think? I know I can be a bit obsessive about things, but never had these kind of weird thoughts that I recall. It got really bad during a mixed episode. I thought my psychiatrist might ask more questions to screen me for it, but he just recommended I discuss the reason behind it in therapy. I hope therapy can help me, too. Thanks for the response.
